Author: Amanda Lurey

Springfield leasing properties

SPRINGFIELD — During its last meeting before summer break, the Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA) board voted to allow the city manager to lease two of its properties and sell two others. Up for sale are 138 Main St. and 4095 Franklin Blvd, and up for lease are 236 Main[Read More…]

Creswell is calling

CRESWELL – Marcie and her husband Garl lived in Vienna, Austria, for the last few years. But Garl’s mother, now 93, isn’t in great health, which led them to come back to the States, specifically South Carolina, to be close to her. The couple visited Oregon last month because, given[Read More…]

The End of a Chapter

Creswell’s champion of children’s reading retires CRESWELL – Laurie Swanson-Gribskov started Creslane Elementary School’s Intergenerational Reading Collaboration (IRC) about a decade ago, and she is retiring from the program with her legacy well established. IRC is a reading program that works with Creslane students from kindergarten through third grade to[Read More…]

Morgan family raises the roof

■ Nonprofit First Story will give the Morgan family a zero-down, zero-interest mortgage on a brand-new Hayden Home in Springfield’s Woodland Ridge community this October. SPRINGFIELD – Marie, 25, and Kees, 26, Morgan, along with their now-6-week-old baby boy Everett, got their first taste of homeownership thanks to First Story:[Read More…]

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